Kosmos

Culture, travel, fashion and culinary delights: the Kosmos pages of Lufthansa Magazin bring you interesting and useful tidbits from around the world

Lower surcharges on award flights in autumn and winter

Now could be a good time to join up with Miles & More, Europe’s largest frequent flyer and awards program, and pay that long-considered visit to a European metropolis or one of the many attractive cities in Germany. Why? Because not only would you be treating yourself to a short break, but in the coming weeks also paying less to reach your destination. From November 1 through December 31, 2015*, there’s a reduction of 18 euros in the surcharge for each segment – that’s 36 in all. This offer applies to award flights in Economy Class from Frankfurt or Munich to Barcelona, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Rome, and also to all domestic Germany flights to and from Frankfurt and Munich.

Feat of engineering

In northeastern Brazil, an estimated 200 million tightly packed earthen mounds cover an area about the size of Great Britain, with a vast tunnel system stretching beneath it. Here, generations of termites have labored for 4000 years – and their descendants are carrying on the good work.

Business trip

Once you left your computer screen to swim in the cenotes and inspect Mayan ruins in Tulum, Mexico, it’s time for something new. We recommend the excellent beach clubs in Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific coast.

beach included

Rio? Sure, that’s a place you won’t want to leave in a hurry. But if you have to work, Florianópolis, a small town on the South Brazilian coast, is more relaxed and fast becoming a mecca for startups.

quick return

The perfect place is sometimes closer than you think: Las Palmas, the capital of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, has it all: culture, beaches and high-speed Internet – plus a fast flight home for the European nomad whose business partner insists on a personal meeting.

Otherworldly

British photographer Reuben Wu isn’t interested in realist images; he wants to photograph landscapes as though they were unexplored territory. To do so, he attaches spotlights to a drone and uses a long exposure to create surreal effects.